The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-20
For the Ruin and Murder Of His
Pretty Cousin.
A San Francisco Dummy Wrecked By
Dynamite Cartridges.
One Lady Seriously Injured and 9th
ers Badly Shaken Up.
The German Rsichstag Dissolved for
Voting Down the Army Bill.

part of the city, In making his usua
rounds OF inspection, discovered the bod,
of . woman in the reservoir. He at ono,
not q d the coroner, who had the body e
ken from the water. Il proved to bethsI
Of a good looking woman Of about 3.
years. The coroner, after viewing the re.
mains, pronounced II 9 case OF suicide and
had the body removed TO The city AIM
house for identification. Peter j
Burton, Q reporter OF the RichmonC
Dispatch, subsequently went 20 the
reservoir, then the morgue and his inves-
LEGATION resulted IN the formulation OF thG
murder theory upon y chain OF circum-
stsntial evidence which convinced many
minds. Further examination OF the body
disclosed the tact that the young woman
| was far advanced in pregnancy. During
two days many people Saw the body Ano
II was finally recognized By TWO young
| ladies, the Misses DuRssan, IS q friend OF
| theirs, Miss Fannie Lillian Madison, who
had B, en- teaching school in Bath county.
/ The coToner's inquest resulted In Q Verd o!
| Of probable muruer. Detectives and po-
| lice set to work and In . short time
brought to light circumstances that
added strength to the murder
the american hotel on March u, under
the name OF Miss r. L. Merton, was miss
| ing from the hotel, and her disappearance
and the 6ndU g OF the body about the same
time, furnished the fatal clue, but for
which the murderer might never have
| been known. While the Go-called MiBS
Merton was at the hotel she wrote and
| received several notes, hut one directed by
| her was never delivered and after her
departure from the hotel IL was torn to
pieces by the clerk and cast into the waste
| basket. Scraps OF thus note and envelope
| were subsequently, brought to light
| and was found to be addressed to
| 4. ]. C4uverius. Further inquiry devei-
opeo the fact that the man was q young
lawyer and cousin of the deceased. The
discovery of this note leo to the arrest OF
Cluverius, VINO wss known to have been
10 Richmond on March 18Th, ana was
found al the residence OF his aunt, Mrs.
Tumstali, IN King and Queen county and
brought 10 this city. He waived p(elimin-
airy examination and was indicted for
murder ana his trial began at the May
term of court and continued tor twenty
eight days. The evidence placed
upon the prisoner the brand Of
seducer and murderer and
when the able counsel on both sides had
concluded the efforts for and against the
accused, the jury after but few minutes
consideration, rendered q verdict of mur-
der in the first degree and CluVerius was
sentenced TO be hanged Nov. Goth, 1885.
An appeal WAS taken to the supreme court
of the United States, but the court affirmed
the judgement of the lower court and he
was then resentenced to be hanged Dec.
10Th. 1886 The last resort, the chief ex-
ecutiVe, was finally applied to tor pardon
| or Communication OF sentence TO life I'M
Prisonment. but the governor, after giving
the case the most confederate attention,
could find no reason for interfering with
the mandate of the court. He however
reapited the condemned man until to-day.
at eight minutes past 1 O'Clock Cluver-
Ius was hanged. He died without max
| ing any confession. and speaking through
DR.. Hatcher, his minister, said that In this
moment of death. and nearing the grave,
he had no III will towards any man on
| earth. He died by stranRuIation.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE HANGING.
RICHMOND, Jan. 14.-Thos. JudsOn
CIuverIus, convicted OF the rurder Of
| Fanny Lillian Madison, was hanged In
| the city Jail to-day. AS early as Q q. m.
people began to gather In the vicinity
and by noon every approach TO the Jail
was packed with human beings, includ-
| ing housetops and hillsides near the Jail ,
from which g sight into the jail yard
could be had. The prisoner passed .
sleepless night, most of the time being
spent with Mr.. Beverly Crump, one Of
his counsel, who remained with him until
9. m, and from th4t hour until
O'Clock he was engaged in prayer and 81
| intervals singing hymns. From until 8
he slept soundly. At noon . suit Of new
black clothes was brought to the jail and
the prisoner donned them. At las the
death procession was formed and pro-
| crossed along the corridor and down two
flights of stairs to the lower court
of the all and then into the yard 'front.'
ing the cells of the white prisoner, forty
policemen being on duty 20 keep bAch
the crowd. The prisoner, though thin
and pale, moved with steady steps to the
scsffold. Sergeant Smith then read the
death warrant, which the prisoner list
ened to with bowed head and apparent
close attention. When the sergeant con-
cluded he asked the doomed man IL hC
had anything to say and CIuverirs re.
piled, E'No sir, nothing at al, !" his voict
being scarcely audible. DR.. HATCHER
then knelt and offered prayer, and wheI
he had finished he turned to the prisoner
who said few words In Q low tone, ant
DIR Hatcher, turning to the crowd in thu
yard said, am requested by the prieOne
! to utter enc word for hun, and that
that In this moment Of death he carrie
to the grave no feeling of i'll will toward
any man on earth. DR.. Hatcher then LEI
the scaffOld, raising both hands. As b
went OUT, he said the prisoner had IS
: serted his innocence 70 the last. At 1 @
: the trap vas sprung. Death was pro
duced by stranRulatiOn. The body wa
placed in q plain wooden coffin an
turned over to the undertaken TO be pre-
] pared for burial at his former home 1
r King and Q Ieen county. The doome
T mans brother babe him farewell yeeteT
day. His aged father ami mother, ON
ling to feeble health, did not come to th
| city.
r THE HEIDELMEYER POISONING CASE
@ CHICAGO, Jan. IA An inquest be2a
a to-day on the body Il Lucy Heidelmeye
the sfep-dAughter OF Lawrence Krut
e poisoned in order 70 obtain the life II
u suran q held by deceased. 1t had bee
shown that three wives OF Krug, to who
u he had been married within Q epace
two yeare, had all died somewhat my
y teriously and that they had held life il
q surance policies. which were made pa
> able to Krug. The county physicii
,. said he had detected no trace Of mil
Ie eral or corrosive poison. Ida SchoeI
e stein, VINO is a relative Of the dead a
le and attended her through her Hines
% testified that she had gone to the drui
L. giss's for the medicine prescribed by 6
doctor. Il was Q bright, clear HQui
and after she returned TO the house wi
T, If, Krug took il into the kitchen to .
d. Wn6t was fss Ne eAlos anu Wnon
gave it back TO her instead Of bel
bright and clear IL IVES cloudy. Ott
testimony of . character tending
throw suspicion upon Krug was Civ
We by relatives Of the dead wives.
ng FORGER JAILED.
HUTCHINSON, Kas. Jan. 14.-Oae
B. Anderson presented q draft At J.
Redhead & Goa, bank yesterday.
-. had raised the amount from a TO "a
L. was discovered Immediately and
las was arrested. He WAiVed exGminAt
Ibt and Is 10 jail awaiting trial.
ed A cONvIcTs coEFRssIoN.
~ 'SPHINeFTELD, O., Jan. 10 WIFI
Murray, who was arrested here y
ng ago for burglary and robbery, the spec
ant charge being that he robbed the reaide
ms of Mrs. Ross. al Troy, Ohio. Of 90,
nm worth OF elAmonds and jeWelIy, and !
cent 70 the pen for eight years. After
me incarceration his wife gave mp TO the
The lice large amounts OF jeWelrY her b.
ct band had stolen At different times
thY places Murray heard that his wife |
for revealed his q cFet and vowed solemnly